Artist · United Kingdom

1911 to 2005

Work

“cartoonist”

No photograph on recordEd Furness
Born1911
Born inUnited Kingdom
CountryUnited Kingdom
Died2005
Died inMississauga

Ed Furness.

cartoonist

United Kingdom, 1911 to 2005

In short

Ed Furness (1910 to 2005) was a Canadian comic book artist associated with the "Canadian Whites", Canadian comic books published during World War II. Furness, originally from the United Kingdom, grew up in Dunnville, Ontario. Furness graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1933, and after a few years of working as an illustrator he was hired by Anglo-American Publishing to produce comic book stories for their burgeoning line of comics. In 1941, Furness, along with writer Ted McCall created the character of Freelance for Anglo-American's Freelance Comics.

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Biodata

Born
1911, United Kingdom
Died
2005, Mississauga
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Work
cartoonist
Career

Ed Furness, in numbers

Lifetime

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